Podcast

Listen to podcasts featuring members of the Centre for South Asian Democracy and their associates.

 

India's Land Mafia

Chiara Arnavas from the Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies joins Kenneth Bo Nielsen for a discussion on India’s Land Mafia, in the most recent episode of the Nordic Asia Podcast.

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India in the Global Attention Economy

Harish Pedaprolu from the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas at the University of Oslo joins Kenneth Bo Nielsen for a discussion of India’s position in the global attention economy.


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Political Mythmaking in Nepal - New Books Network

Dr. Ankita Shrestha joins Kenneth Bo Nielsen for a discussion of political mythmaking and local politics in Nepal.

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Future of the Forest: Struggles over Land and Law in India - The Nordic Asia Podcast | Podcast on Spotify

Anand Vaidya joins Kenneth Bo Nielsen to discuss his new monograph “Future of the forest: Struggles over land and law in India”

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Hindutva and Anti-Christian Violence in Contemporary India

Kenneth Bo Nielsen, M. Sudhir Selvaraj and Kathinka Frøystad discuss Hindutva and anti-Christian violence in contemporary India on the Nordic Asia Podcast.

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The Military Monastic Complex

In this episode of “Insight Myanmar”, Iselin Frydenlund examines Myanmar’s “military–monastic complex”, a relationship that has shaped the country’s religious and political landscape for decades. 

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Drama of Democracy

Political Representation in Mumbai, with Lisa Björkman. 

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The Gen Z Revolution in Bangladesh and Its Fallout

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The Long Reach of the Strong Arm

Arild Engelsen Ruud, Mubashar Hasan and Karin Zackari joins Kenneth Bo Nielsen for a discussion of The Long Reach of the Strong Arm: Evolving Forms of Transnational Authoritarianism in Asia and Beyond in the most recent episode of the Nordic Asia Podcast.

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Christian Environmentalism in a Hindu Majoritarian Context

Kenneth Bo Nielsen and Nihar Gokhale joins Mette Halskov Hansen for a discussion of Christian environmentalism, agroecology and Hindu majoritarianism in India in the most recent episode of the Nordic Asia Podcast.

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Published Apr. 23, 2025 9:15 AM - Last modified Sep. 14, 2026 11:05 AM